The Adjutant General's Office shall be responsible for: (1) the appointment of Texas Air or Army National Guardsmen to the institutions' selection committees; (2) dissemination of accurate and up-to-date program information through the use of National Guard recruiting offices; (3) projections of staffing requirements for the Texas Air and Army National Guard; and, on that basis, the number of new awards and the share of each year's new awards to go to the Army ROTC and to the Air Force ROTC; (4) tracking of students/participating Air and Army National Guardsmen through the period of their exemption program contract; (5) application of rules and procedures governing leaves of absence, probations or waivers of repayment requirements under special circumstances when cases are forwarded by institution selection committees or National Guard Units; and (6) determine which college graduates will be allowed to go into active military duty prior to serving in the Texas National Guard. (No more than 10 percent of each year's graduates may be offered this option, beginning with the Fall 1998 semester.) |
